THE CODE OF THE CITY OF LAKE PARK, GEORGIA

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THE CHARTER

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GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY

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Adopted: October 7, 1997

Effective: October 7, 1997

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Published in 2010 by the Order of the City Council

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CURRENT

OFFICIALS

OF THE

CITY OF LAKE PARK

January 2016

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Eric Schindler

Mayor

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Ronald Carter

Mayor Pro Tem

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Bert Rutland

Jena Sandlin

Deborah Sauls

City Council

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Tabatha Fowler

City Clerk

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Ann Peterson

Clerk Consultant

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Robert A. Plumb, Jr.

City Attorney

PREFACE

This Code constitutes a complete codification of the ordinances of the City of Lake Park, Georgia, of a general and permanent nature. Initially published and adopted in 1980, the Code was analyzed, revised extensively, and supplemented in 1987 for readoption, and again in 2010. As expressed in the Adopting Ordinance, the Code supersedes all such ordinances not included therein or recognized as continuing in force by reference thereto. This volume also contains the Charter of the City.

The chapters of the Code are arranged in alphabetical order and the sections within each chapter are catchlined to facilitate usage. Footnotes which tie related sections of the Code together and which refer to relevant provisions of the state law have been included. A table listing the state law citations setting forth their location within the Code volume is included at the back of this volume. The source of each section is indicated by the history note appearing the parentheses at the end thereof. The absence of such a note indicates that the section is new and was adopted for the first time with the adoption of the Code. By use of the Comparative Table also appearing in the back of the volume, any ordinance included herein can be readily found in the Code.

Numbering System

The numbering system used in this Code is the same system used in many state and municipal codes. Each section number consists of two component parts separated by a dash, the figure before the dash representing the chapter number and the figure after the dash indicating the position of the section within the chapter. Thus, the first section of Chapter 1 is numbered 1-1 and the eleventh section of Chapter 2 is 2-11. Under this system each section is identified with its chapter and, at the same time, new sections or even whole chapters can be inserted in their proper places, simply by using the decimal system for amendments. By way of illustration: If new material consisting of three sections that would logically come between Sections 3-3 and 3-4 is desired to be added, such new sections would be numbered 3-3.1, 3-3.2 and 3-3.3 respectively. New chapters may be included in the same manner. If the new material is to be included between Chapter 4 and 5 it will be designated as Chapter 4.5. Care should be taken that the alphabetical arrangement of chapters is maintained when including new chapters. New articles and new divisions may be included in the same way or, in the case of articles, may be placed at the end of the chapter embracing the subject, and, in the case of divisions, may be placed at the end of the article embracing the subject, the next successive number being assigned to the article or division.

Index

The index has been prepared with the greatest of care. Each particular item has been placed under several headings, some of the headings being couched in lay phraseology, others in legal terminology, and still others in language generally used by municipal officials and employees. There are numerous cross references within the index itself which stand as guideposts to direct the user to the particular item in which he is interested.

Looseleaf Supplements

A special feature of this Code is the looseleaf system of binding and supplemental service, by which the Code will be kept up-to-date periodically. Upon the final passage of amendatory ordinances, they will be properly edited and the page or pages affected will be reprinted. These new pages will be distributed to the holders of the Code with instructions for the manner of inserting the new pages and deleting the obsolete pages. Each such amendment, when incorporated into the Code, may be cited as a part thereof, as provided in Section 5 of the Adopting Ordinance.

The successful maintenance of this Code up-to-date at all times will depend largely upon the holder of the volume. As revised sheets are received it will then become the responsibility of the holder to have the amendments inserted according to the attached instructions. It is strongly recommended by the publishers that all such amendments be inserted immediately upon receipt to avoid misplacing them and, in addition, that all deleted pages be saved and filed for historical references purposes.

Acknowledgments

The publication of this Code was by Municipal Code Corporation, Tallahassee, Florida, under the direct supervision of Regina Sosinski, Editor, and Rachael Jamison, Proofreader. Credit is gratefully given to the other members of the publisher's staff for their sincere interest and able assistance throughout the project.

The publishers are most grateful to all city officers and employees for their cooperation and interest during the preparation of this Code. Special appreciation is due to the Honorable Ina T. Lane, Mayor and Mrs. Benny Swink, City Clerk, for their help in the initial publication, and to Ann Peterson for her assistance in the 1987 and 2010 update projects.

MUNICIPAL CODE CORPORATION
Tallahasse, Florida

ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAKE PARK, GEORGIA

ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 73

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW CODE FOR THE CITY OF LAKE PARK, GEORGIA; ESTABLISHING THE SAME; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED THEREIN EXCEPT AS HEREIN EXPRESSLY PROVIDED; PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF AMENDING SUCH CODE; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF AND PROVIDING WHEN THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF LAKE PARK, GEORGIA:

Section 1: That the Code of Ordinances consisting of Chapters 1 through 14, each inclusive, is hereby adopted and enacted as the "Code of the City of Lake Park, Georgia," and shall be treated and considered as a new and original comprehensive ordinance which shall supersede all of the general and permanent ordinances of the city passed on or before May 6, 1997, to the extent provided in Section 2 hereof.

Section 2: That all provisions of such Code shall be in full force and effect from and after [October 7, 1997], and all ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted on or before May 6, 1997, not included in such Code or recognized or continued in force by reference therein are hereby repealed from and after the effective date, except as hereinafter provided. No resolution of the City, not specifically mentioned, is hereby repealed.

Section 3: The repeal provided for in section 2 hereof shall not be construed to revive any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance that is repealed by this ordinance.

Section 4: That the repeal provided for in Section 2 hereof shall not affect any of the following:

(a)

Any offense or act committed or done or any penalty or forfeiture incurred or any contract or right established or accruing before the effective date of such Code;

(b)

Any ordinance promising or guaranteeing the payment of money for the City, or authorizing the issuance of any bonds for the City, or any evidence of the City's indebtedness; or any contract or obligation assumed by the City;

(c)

Any administrative ordinance of the City not in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of such Code;

(d)

Any ordinance fixing salaries, retirement benefits or other benefits of officers or employees of the City, not in conflict or inconsistent with such Code;

(e)

Any budget or appropriation ordinance, or ordinance levying, assessing or providing for the collection of any tax;

(f)

Any right of franchise granted by the City Council to any person, firm or corporation, or any amendment thereof;

(g)

Any ordinance dedicating, naming, establishing, locating, relocating, opening, closing, paving, widening, vacating, etc., any street or public way in the City;

(h)

Any ordinance establishing and prescribing the street grades of any street in the City;

(i)

Any ordinance providing for local improvements or assessing taxes therefor;

(j)

Any ordinance dedicating or accepting any plat or subdivision in the City or providing regulations for subdividing or developing property;

(k)

Any ordinance annexing property to or discontinuing property as part of the City;

(l)

Any ordinance regulating zoning in the City, not inconsistent with such Code;

(m)

Any urban renewal ordinance;

(n)

Any ordinance prescribing traffic regulations for specific locations, prescribing through streets, parking limitations, parking prohibitions, one-way traffic, or limitation on loads of vehicles or loading zones, not inconsistent with such Code;

(o)

Any ordinance fixing utility rates and charges;

(p)

Any ordinance amending the Charter of the City;

(q)

Any ordinance enacted after May 6, 1997.

Section 5: That whenever in such Code an act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor by the City Council, or whenever in such Code the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful by the City Council, and no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provisions of such Code, or of any secondary code adopted by reference, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment for a term not exceeding sixty (60) days as provided in Section 4.13 of the Charter and section 1-8 of such Code.

Section 6: That any and all additions or amendments to such Code when passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the City Council to make the same a part thereof shall be deemed to be incorporated in such Code so that reference to the "Code of the City of Lake Park, Georgia," shall be understood and intended to include such additions or amendments.

Section 7: That in case of the amendment by the City Council of any section of such Code for which a penalty is not provided, the general penalty as provided in Section 5 of this ordinance and section 1-8 of such Code shall apply to the section as amended; or in case such amendment contains provisions for which a penalty, other than the aforementioned general penalty, is provided in another section in the same chapter, the penalty so provided in such other section shall be held to relate to the section so amended, unless such penalty is specifically repealed therein.

Section 8: That a copy of such Code shall be kept on file in the office of the City Clerk, preserved in looseleaf form or in such other form as the City Clerk may consider most expedient. It shall be the express duty of the City Clerk, or someone authorized by him, to insert in their designated places all amendments, ordinances, resolutions or motions which indicate the intention of the City Council to make the same a part of such Code when the same have been printed or reprinted in page form, and to extract from such Code all provisions which from time to time may be repealed by the City Council. A copy of such Code shall be available for all persons desiring to examine the same.

Section 9: That it shall be unlawful for any person to change or alter by additions or deletions, any part or portion of the Code, or to insert or delete pages or portions thereof, or to alter or tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of the City of Lake Park to be misrepresented thereby. Any person violating this section shall be punished as provided in section 1-8 of the Code of the City of Lake Park and in Section 5 of this ordinance.

Section 10: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed.

Section 11: That this ordinance shall become effective on the 7th day of October, 1997.

PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED on first reading by the City Council on the 9th day of September, 1997.

PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED on second and final reading by the City Council on the 7th day of October, 1997.

 

/s/ Ann G. Peterson      Ann G. Peterson      City Clerk

 

/s/ Ben Williams      Ben Williams      Mayor